Small gallstones and pancreatitis

Acute pancreatitis. A more common and severe complication of gallstones in males.

OBJECTIVE To describe an increased incidence and severity of gallstone pancreatitis in males compared to females. DESIGN METHODS This is a retrospective observational comparative study conducted at Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, Pakistan, over 3 years from June 2008 to June 2011. The study includes two hundred and thirty seven (237) patients with a mean age of 52...

Primary Hyperparathyroidism and Pancreatitis: an Uncommon Cause of Pancreatitis

Small Bowel Obstruction due to Gallstones ( Gallstone ileus )

Gallstone ileus was first described by Bartholine in 1654, as mechanical intraluminal obstruction, caused by impaction of gallstone in the bowel lumen. The disease occurs more frequently in women than in men, in a ratio of 6:1. And mostly affecting ages over 65 years. Spontaneous biliary enteric fistula was found in 0.9% of patients undergoing biliary tract procedures. In fact, most spontaneous...

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy versus small incision cholecystectomy in symptomatic gallstones disease.

OBJECTIVE To compare the results and outcomes of the laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) with the small incision cholecystectomy (SIC). STUDY DESIGN Observational study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Baqiyatallah Hospital, Tehran, Iran, from February 2008 to March 2009. METHODOLOGY Patients with symptomatic gallstones that were referred and enrolled in the study for LC or SIC. Operation, anae...

Gallstones and Cholecystitis

Interesting information came from a 10-year study of necropsy findings in South East England. Female gallstone subjects had a higher BMI than controls but males did not. Gallstones were twice as common in those with diabetes. There was no association with heart disease. A third of elderly patients of both sexes had gallstones but most had not had surgery and gallstones were seldom a cause of de...